Elementary and Secondary Education

Assessments

Table A-13-1. Average mathematics scale scores and selected achievement gaps of 4th-, 8th-, and 12th-grade students, by sex and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1990-2009

Sex and race/ethnicity	1990	¹	1992	¹	1996	¹	1996		2000		2003		2005		2007	2009
Grade 4
Total	213		220		224		224		226		235		238		240	240
Sex
Male	214		221		226		224		227		236		239		241	241
Female	213		219		222		223		224		233		237		239	239
Male-female achievement gap	1		2		3		#		3		3	*	3		2	2

Race/ethnicity
White	220		227		231		232		234		243		246		248	248
Black	188		193		199		198		203		216		220		222	222
Hispanic	200		202		205		207		208		222		226		227	227
Asian/Pacific Islander	225		231		226		229		‡		246		251		253	255
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		‡		‡		217		208		237		226		228	225
Black-White achievement gap	-32	*	-35	*	-32	*	-34	*	-31	*	-27	*	-26		-26	-26
Hispanic-White achievement gap	-20		-25	*	-27		-25		-27	*	-22		-20		-21	-21

Grade 8
Total	263		268		272		270		273		278		279		281	283
Sex
Male	263		268		272		271		274		278		280		282	284
Female	262		269		272		269		272		277		278		280	282
Male-female achievement gap	1		-1		-1		2		2		2		2		2	2

Race/ethnicity
White	270		277		281		281		284		288		289		291	293
Black	237		237		242		240		244		252		255		260	261
Hispanic	246		249		251		251		253		259		262		265	266
Asian/Pacific Islander	275		290		‡		‡		288		291		295		297	301
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		‡		‡		‡		259		263		264		264	266
Black-White achievement gap	-33		-40	*	-39	*	-41	*	-40	*	-35	*	-34	*	-32	-32
Hispanic-White achievement gap	-24		-28		-30		-30		-31	*	-29	*	-27		-26	-26

Grade 12
Total	—		—		—		—		—		—		150		—	153
Sex
Male	—		—		—		—		—		—		151		—	155
Female	—		—		—		—		—		—		149		—	152
Male-female achievement gap	—		—		—		—		—		—		3		—	3

Race/ethnicity
White	—		—		—		—		—		—		157		—	161
Black	—		—		—		—		—		—		127		—	131
Hispanic	—		—		—		—		—		—		133		—	138
Asian/Pacific Islander	—		—		—		—		—		—		163		—	175
American Indian/Alaska Native	—		—		—		—		—		—		134		—	144
Black-White achievement gap	—		—		—		—		—		—		-31		—	-30
Hispanic-White achievement gap	—		—		—		—		—		—		-24		—	-23
— Not available.
# Rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
*Change in gap is statistically significant from 2009 (p <05).
¹ Testing accommodations (e.g., extended time, small group testing) for children with disabilities and English language learners were not permitted in 1990 and 1992. Students in 4th and 8th grade were tested with and without accommodations in 1996. The footnoted column represents the sample without accommodations.
NOTE: The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics scores range from 0 to 500 for grades 4 and 8. The framework for the 12th-grade mathematics assessment was revised in 2005; as a result, the 2005 and 2009 results cannot be compared with those from previous years. At grade 12, mathematics scores on the revised assessment range from 0 to 300. Assessments were not conducted in grade 12 in 2007. For more information on NAEP, see supplemental note 4. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity, see supplemental note 1.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), selected years, 1990–2009 Mathematics Assessments, NAEP Data Explorer.

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